My career's in ruins
For a couple of years, as a post-doc,I was the Research Associate to a celebrity TV archaeologist - a lovely man of whom I am very fond, but the biggest mediawhore to walk this earth. He has the uncanny knack of wringing a televised snippet out of every bit of research we ever encountered. I'm quite sure I'm in the background of many a chortling, arm-waving, overexcited piece to camera about whatever lump of mud was partiuclarly fascinating that day. Alas, there were no free range hookers or Fair Trade coke so I feel I didn't truly experience all that the BBC has to offer.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 14:47, 7 replies)

Does he like
Talking about ancestors or does he favour wearing multicoloured knitted jumpers?
(tweebianmonkey Should be known as Widget, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 15:45, closed)

neither.
He's the Boris Johnson of archaeology:


( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 15:51, closed)

.
I thought he must be Baldrick.
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 16:39, closed)

Oh
Sort of recognise him...
(tweebianmonkey Should be known as Widget, Thu 11 Jun 2009, 18:24, closed)

He presents Coast
and pops up on anything needing a generic archaeology professor. And used to present Time Flyers, which involved looking at archaeology from a helicopter. I hate archaeology on TV.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 10:02, closed)

Him!
Think he's the one that loves his Romans?
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 9:32, closed)

He'll love anything
for the right fee :)
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 12 Jun 2009, 10:03, closed)